I think the people calling that poor FE have an odd definition of "in-town' or city fuel economy.

My commute to work is what I would consider 50/50--it's 13 miles one way from 35-55 mph and I stop 8-14 times depending on traffic--and I get ~22 mpg, I'm thinking some people here would claim it was "in-town" driving. The EPA city simulation is something like 10 miles and over 20 stops.

I go 350 miles consistently on a little over 11 gallons of fuel. I'd be pissed if I got 300.
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cp_09malibuV6:I think the people calling that poor FE have an odd definition of "in-town' or city fuel economy.

My commute to work is what I would consider 50/50--it's 13 miles one way from 35-55 mph and I stop 8-14 times depending on traffic--and I get ~22 mpg, I'm thinking some people here would claim it was "in-town" driving. The EPA city simulation is something like 10 miles and over 20 stops.

cp_09malibuV6:I think the people calling that poor FE have an odd definition of "in-town' or city fuel economy.

My commute to work is what I would consider 50/50--it's 13 miles one way from 35-55 mph and I stop 8-14 times depending on traffic--and I get ~22 mpg, I'm thinking some people here would claim it was "in-town" driving. The EPA city simulation is something like 10 miles and over 20 stops.

I dont kno if hes lying but 22-23 is right on par with what he supposed to be getting...so i dont know what hes talking about...but i just got my 2013 fusion 2.5 last week...we are at about 450 miles...we r getting an abysmal 15 mpg...but the jury is still out as i havent reached that magic 3,000 mile break in period...after that ill have a better judgement

18 MPG in a Fusion is not necessarily good or bad. I often average 12-13 MPG in my 2000 Subaru Impreza in the winter. Why? I drive the car less than 5 minutes so it does not get to warm up well. The short trips I take requires a substantially richer fuel mixture to function properly. Some days I am really gunning my car to get to work on time. I drive in 100% heavily congested city traffic every day in stop and go driving. Also, my alignment is slightly off. All of that and other variables drops the city MPG from 23 to 12-13 in the winter.

I would be foolish to call all Subarus inefficient based merely on my ownership experience.

The person that posted that they are getting 12 MPG in a Fusion could be right. They have a super short commute and probably only run local trips. If they wanted maximize fuel economy, they should have gone with a smaller displacement engine or purchased a plug in like a CMax Energi. With their 3 mile commute and careful driving, they could easily get over 100 MPG.